The Outing Club also owns a chain of fourteen cabins and several shelters, extending from the Vermont hills, just across the river from the college, through Hanover to the College Grant -- 27,000 acres of wilderness 140 miles north up in the logging country.

In 1977, she recorded her first album titled Amy Grant, produced by Brown Bannister ( who would also produce her next 11 albums ).

It was during these early shows that Grant also established one of her concert trademarks: performing barefoot.

During the 1980s, Grant was also a backup singer for Bill Gaither.

Kate Lock also wrote four novels centred around more recent characters ; Steve Owen, Grant Mitchell, Bianca Jackson and Tiffany Mitchell.

This song would later be adapted into " Christmas Is All Around " and sung by the character of Billy Mack in Richard Curtis ' 2003 film Love Actually, in which Grant also stars.

* Notting Hill ( 1999 ), also written by Curtis and starring Grant

The song is also become a jazz standard, having been recorded by Grant Green, Fats Waller, Archie Shepp, Hampton Hawes and many others.

Frank Horn, secretary to Cary Grant, was also a frequent guest.

In 1949 Hawks re-teamed with Cary Grant in the screwball comedy I Was a Male War Bride, also starring Ann Sheridan.

Later in 1952 Hawks re-teamed with Cary Grant for the fifth and final time in the screwball comedy Monkey Business, also starring Marilyn Monroe and Ginger Rogers.

Philadelphia Eagles assistant Nick Skorich and a man with Minnesota ties who was working in the CFL, Bud Grant, were also candidates until a different Eagle, quarterback Norm Van Brocklin, was hired on January 18, 1961.

Sinatra received her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 11, 2006, which was also declared " Nancy Sinatra Day " by Hollywood ’ s mayor, Johnny Grant.

* 1864 – American Civil War: The Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road ( also known as the Second Battle of Fair Oaks ) ends – Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant withdraw from Fair Oaks, Virginia, after failing to breach the Confederate defenses around Richmond, Virginia.

The proprietor of the latter, Benjamin Grant, also published the St Helena Advertiser ( 1865 – 1866 ).

This was also Kangaroos ' veteran Shannon Grant's last AFL game, and he was given a standing ovation by both Swans and Kangaroos players as he represented both clubs throughout his career ( although it was at North Melbourne where Grant really made his mark in the game ) Their only clash in 2009 ( Round 14, which the Swans won by 15 points to end a four-game losing streak ) was aired into both the Sydney and Brisbane markets rather than the live vs. match which was a high-rating television match around the rest of the country.

During this time, Grant also acquired a slave from Julia's father ; Julia herself had inherited four slaves.

Lincoln was also alarmed at the level of casualties, and queried Halleck as to Grant's potential responsibility for them ; Grant was criticized for his decision to keep the Union Army bivouacked rather than entrenched.

During the Vicksburg campaign, Grant assumed responsibility for refugee-contraband slaves who were dislodged by the war and vulnerable to Confederate marauders ; President Lincoln had also authorized their recruitment into the Union Army.

At the same time, Johnson also suspected Grant to be a potential rival candidate in the 1868 presidential election, and decided to replace Secretary of War Stanton with Grant or Gen. Sherman.

Grant favored limited use of federal troops, lest they engender the notion he was acting as a military dictator ; he was also concerned that increased military pressure in the South might cause white supremacists in the North to bolt from the Republican Party.

Viz also lampoons political ideas-both left-wing ideals, in strips such as " The Modern Parents " ( and to an extent in Student Grant ), and right-wing ones such as " Baxter Basics ", " Major Misunderstanding ", " Victorian Dad " and numerous strips involving tabloid columnists Garry Bushell (" Garry Bushell the Bear ") and Richard Littlejohn (" Richard Littlecock " and " Robin Hood and Richard Littlejohn "), portraying them as obsessed with homosexuality, political correctness and non-existent left-wing conspiracies to the exclusion of all else.

There were also interviews with Alan Grant, Frazer Irving and Alan Moore, as well as an extensive article on breaking into comics as a writer.

Mr. Notte was responding to a resolution adopted by the Central Falls City Council on July 10 and sent to the state house by Miss Grant.

Nevertheless, Lincoln was concerned that Grant might be considering a candidacy for President in 1864, as McClellan was.

" After repeated calls on Grant to defend Washington, Sheridan was appointed and the threat from Early was dispatched.

On April 9, Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox and the war was effectively over.

Due to his western successes, Ulysses S. Grant was given command of all Union armies in 1864, and organized the armies of William Tecumseh Sherman, George Meade and others to attack the Confederacy from all directions, increasing the North's advantage in manpower.

When the Confederate attempt to defend Petersburg failed, the Confederate army retreated but was pursued and defeated, which resulted in Lee's surrender to Grant at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865.

On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, who conspired to coordinate assassinations of others, including Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant and Secretary of State William H. Seward that same night.

One of Johnson's last significant acts as President was to grant unconditional amnesty to all Confederates on Christmas Day 1868, after the election of Ulysses S. Grant but before he took office in March 1869.

During 1976, Grant wrote her first song (" Mountain Man "), performed in public for the first time — at Harpeth Hall School — the all-girls school she attended, recorded a demo tape for her parents with church youth-leader Brown Bannister, then later when Bannister was dubbing a copy of the tape, Chris Christian, the owner of the recording studio, heard the demo and called Word Records.

The track " Baby Baby " ( written for Grant's newborn daughter, Millie, whose " six-week-old face was my inspiration ,") became a pop hit ( hitting No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 ), and Grant was established as a name in the mainstream music world.

The video for " Takes A Little Time " was a new direction for Grant ; with a blue light filter, acoustic guitar, the streets and characters of New York City, and a plot, Grant was re-cast as an adult light rocker.

His half-brother was Charles Einstein ( 1926 – 2007 ), a writer for such television programs as Playhouse 90 and Lou Grant.

The lead singer of Splash was former Tight Fit singer Steve Grant.

In 2010, Grant Speed's statue was taken down for refurbishment, and construction began on a new Walk of Fame.

In September 2007, Mourinho was replaced by Avram Grant, who led the club to their first UEFA Champions League final, which they lost on penalties to Manchester United.

Bernie Grant, a Labour Member of Parliament said that he was " totally pro-Commonwealth and anti-European Union ".

It was the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant.

With reinforcement troops from Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell and Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace's missing division, Grant succeeded in driving the Confederates back to the road from Corinth ; though he stopped short of capturing Beauregard's army, he was able to stabilize the Army of the Tennessee.

Grant then maneuvered the Union Army to Cold Harbor, a vital railroad hub that was linked to Richmond, but Lee was able to make strong trenches to defend against a Union assault.

With the Federal army having rebuilt the City Point Railroad, Grant was able to use mortars to attack Lee's entrenchments ; the most famous and largest mortar used during the Civil War, over 17, 000 pounds, was called the Dictator.

Maj. Gen. Edward Ord, however, was able to narrow the existing threats in Washington through the use of accurate army intelligence and persuaded Grant to reverse his arrest orders.

In a political move to provide some manner of response, Grant met as a civilian with the opposing party heads and, with his potential use of the armed forces an implicit threat, was able to facilitate a settlement.

Secretary Fish decided to resign over the affair, however, Grant was able to convince Fish to remain on his Cabinet.

While Grant had been able to suppress the KKK through the Force Acts, other paramilitary insurgents organized, including the White League in 1874, active in Louisiana ; and the Red Shirts, with chapters active in Mississippi and the Carolinas.

As a result of the poor finish in the 1994 season, the Pistons were able to draft Grant Hill, a promising small forward.

Initially Grant was concerned about being able to play an intellectual character, but Hawks told him to play it like silent screen comedian Harold Lloyd and Grant felt more confident.

Dream originally began as a mainstream DC character able to interact with DC superheroes, and Gaiman's versions of Dream have appeared in DC superhero titles written by Keith Giffen and by Grant Morrison, as well as in Gaiman's own The Books of Magic series and in a Rick Veitch-authored issue of Swamp Thing ( where he meets Matthew Cable ).

In order to be able to afford what was expected to be an expensive machine, the Ministry announced a special " Recognized Extraordinary Expenditure " ( REE ) grant that would provide for up to 75 % of the purchase costs of machines meeting the " Grant Eligible Microcomputer Systems " or " G. E. M. S.

When the guns fell silent on May 7, over 29, 000 soldiers lay dead or wounded on the fields at the Wilderness, and Grant ’ s Union army was able to disengage and press on toward Richmond.

He served in all the battles of the Overland Campaign and when Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant slipped around Lee's army to cross the James River and assault Petersburg, Alexander was able to move his guns quickly through the lines and had them in place to repel the main attack.

Grant supervised the Army of the Potomac ( which was formally led by his subordinate, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade ) in delivering the final blows to the Confederacy by engaging Confederate forces in many fierce battles in Virginia, the Overland Campaign, conducting a war of attrition that the larger Union Army was able to survive better than its opponent.

Partizan then signed former Chelsea manager Avram Grant, who was able to preserve the lead from the half-season.

Barnes is then able to help McClane locate the mercenaries ' hideout and they tell Grant and his team to raid the location.

The Liberals were only able to take limited advantage of the collapse of Grant Devine's scandal and deficit-ridden Conservative government in the 1991 election, but Haverstock was able to win her Saskatoon seat.

However, his department never had more than 30, 000 men stationed over an immense area and he was not able to concentrate forces adequately to challenge Grant nor the Union Navy on the river.

Although Captain Vince Grant of the Icarus is able to rescue the Deukalion, his attempts to rescue the SDF-3 fails due to Haydonite interference.

By the time that Grant became commander in the West, the Confederate Army had been able to fortify Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Louisiana, 130 miles ( 210 km ) to the south measured along roads, somewhat longer on the river.

Grant Hill of the Los Angeles Clippers, Shawn Marion of the Dallas Mavericks, Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls, Tayshaun Prince of the Detroit Pistons and Trevor Ariza of the Washington Wizards, with their length and athleticism, are able to guard at many positions on the floor and are often called upon to do so.

While this led to the ruin of many a Scotch whisky distillery, William Grant had kept a supply of aging whisky in stock and was able to ensure continued production.